Circolo Popolare
London
Beoordelingen
Has to be some of the best Italian I have had. Visited on my birthday and it was absolutely amazing. Loved interacting with our host Rishad. Had a lovely chat with him about London while he recommended stuff and they were on point. Overall, a banger of a place!
Just because a restaurant went viral on social media doesn’t always mean they’re serving good food and treats their patrons with respect (a lesson I have to learn many times in London) First, I would like to highlight the good: ordering customised pizza was easy - our waitress was lovely and helpful. The pizza was so good as well. The decor of the restaurant was also very pretty - going for this alone I guess was a nice experience. The pasta was underwhelming. I ordered carbonara but the pasta was partly hard to chew and kept sticking on my teeth, the sauce was bland and the guanciale often had hard bits. We also had the tagliarini granchio e limone but could not taste the lemon in the sauce - just strong tomato taste. Lastly, the host in the front was so rude. We came to the restaurant and saw a long queue, but because we had a reservation we came straight to the front and explained this but he rolled his eyes and said ‘everybody here had a reservation’ and I was confused, some people in the line got turned down because they didn’t have a reservation. Okay, so we queued and when it was our turn, we were told to wait for our table in the corner. Then he SUMMONED me back to the host table using his fingers and asked AGAIN for my reservation. After confirming again, he told me to go back to my corner to wait for my table. Good lord queuing in custom at the airport was a nicer experience compared to this. Too bad the first contact with the restaurant was bad, the waitresses inside all were friendly and helpful though! It was a busy evening but they kept smiling and serving quickly. If you want to experience the decor, sure go, but don’t expect good food and good service. We spent £100 for 3 dishes and 6 drinks (we had 1 mocktail, 2 wines, 3 coffee) so price wise is not the worst but you can get better food with similar price.
A really vibrant restaurant which is surprisingly spacious inside with a fantastic bottle display on the walls and lovely lighting and floral decorations. The food was excellent and felt really authentic, we had the bresaola and focaccia for starters along with the melon and mozzarella. We went for two pasta dishes for mains with the seafood tagliatelle and aubergine rigatoni. Both were superb and really delicious. Had some lovely cocktails too include the giant peach bum which came in a huge glass! Service wasn’t the best unfortunately, it was peak dinner time on a Saturday night however it was really hard to get anyone’s attention and we actually had to go looking for someone to place our order. Was ok after but was a bit of a shame as not much of a personal touch and didn’t feel like we could ask for recommendations as they seemed pretty rushed. Great online payment system though so at least you don’t need to wait for a card machine to pay! Overall I would recommend though as the food was very good and it felt like a really nice place to have a dinner and celebrate with friends.
My family were visiting and fancied pizza, so after seeing the good reviews we decided to give this place a try. The restaurant was lovely — much nicer than it looks in the photos. The décor was excellent and felt very well done. The pizza menu wasn’t as extensive as in some places, but everything sounded appealing. We ordered Some Like It Hot, Stracciatella Versace and Doppio Tartufo to share. Our favourite was definitely the Stracciatella Versace, very juicy, with a wonderfully natural tomato flavour. Some Like It Hot was nicely spicy and enjoyable. The Doppio Tartufo was pleasant, but the truffle flavour was quite subtle and it was a little drier than the others; a bit more cream would have made a difference. They offer tap water, which was appreciated. We didn’t have wine or cocktails this time, but they looked very tempting. Overall, a great choice and good value if you’re looking for dinner in Soho. Highly recommended.
